Travel and Linguistics

Menu

Stockholm

Goddag Stockholm!

The most glamorous city all around Scandinavia.
Home of design and nordic style, par excellence.
Stockholm has not been a surprise: I knew it would have been amazing.
A nordic Venice with its canals and all the sea that embraces stunning parks and historical buildings.
But there is something I regret: I couldn’t spend enough time to see all the beauties treasured in that amazing city.

Remarkable points:

1) Lively city. Stockholm is amazingly alive! It is not chaotic, but there is not the “unnatural silence” I noticed in Helsinki.
Gamla Stan is the beating historical heart of the city: it is full of people and amazing bakeries and café and lively colours…oh,nostalgia!
Stockholm made me feel something…just like when you are dating someone and you reckon that you actually really really like that person.

2) The water. It is everywhere. You are constantly embraced by the sea. Even when you are not visiting the harbor or some breathtaking canal, water is always present with its sound. And I must admit that I find it very relaxing and helpful. Moreover, you probably know my passion (i.e. ‘obsession’) for light so you can easily guess how happy I was to find water also in the middle of the city.

3) The styles. Stockholm has a great varieties of architectonic styles harmoniously combined. The more you leave the center the more it gets contemporary. Or, at least, that’s what I noticed. So, get lost and enjoy it!

Sverige, the golden crown of Scandinavia.

Stockholm, strong like Mars, elegant like Venus.

PS: Il testo in italiano è a fondo pagina.

Bridges near the Central Station

Canal near the central station.

Gamla Stan

Pictoresque street in Gamla Stan.

Pictoresque street in Gamla Stan.

Pictoresque street in Gamla Stan.

Another pictoresque street in Gamla Stan.

National Library. Leaving Gamla Stan.

Entering the historic part of Stockholm, Gamla Stan.

Outside of Tyska Kyrka

domes

The harbor.

The harbor.

Green canal.

Slussen

The city hall.

Slussen

view from the Royal Palace.

Kungliga Slottet

I actually don’t remember the name of this King (Gustav…). Vasa dinasty, however.

walking

At the harbor.

Riddarholmen Church

English atmosphere.

St. Klara kyrkka

Riddarholmen Church

Swedish

National Library

The view from the Royal Palace

The view of the canal from the Royal Palace

Kungliga Slottet

Kungliga Slottet

Kungliga Slottet

Kungliga Slottet

Gamla Stan from the Royal Palace

Kungliga Slottet from a different perspective.

Façades.

Kungliga Slottinget

I don’t remember if this is the National Bank or something else. I’m sorry!

The park in front of the National LIbrary

Discovering the park (up on an hill) in front of the National Library.

Too late I found out that there was an “easy road” to reach the top of the hill.

Swedish roofs.

Had to walk a bit, but it was worthy.

The centaur patrolling Stockholm.

Adolf Fredriks Församling Church – here the trees and the elegant graves.

The right music for Stockholm?
The lighty atmosphere of Spiegel im Spiegel.